The Reluctant Expat: Part One - Surprised by Spain

THE RELUCTANT EXPAT is Alan Laycock’s light-hearted account of his transition to life in a new country.

Alan has no desire to move to Spain, but his sister Cathy and brother-in-law Bernie are going regardless, so he decides to tag along. Despite his initial pessimism, he soon sees that life in their new home has more to offer than he first suspected, and by befriending a pair of local oldies he finds surprising new opportunities opening up to him.

A coin dealer by trade and an idler by nature, his new, dynamic attitude surprises Cathy, Bernie and, most of all, himself, as he gets to grips with the language, tries out new activities and embraces the outdoor life. When the bar in the nearby village is reopened by two enterprising ladies, he also begins to realise that bachelorhood may not be his destiny after all.

Part Two is now also available.

• The Reluctant Expat: Part Two - Finding my Feet
• The Reluctant Expat: Part Three - Getting Ahead
• The Reluctant Expat: Part Four - Settling Down
• Living on Rocks: A Memoir of Sangria and Cyclones
• Same Circus Different Clowns: The South of France - A Sunny Place for Shady People
• The Reluctant Hotelkeeper: A Memoir
• A Kiss Behind the Castanets: My Love Affair with Spain (Moving to Spain Book 1)
• Retirement Italiano: Adventures and Misadventures in a Foreign Culture
• Fat Dogs and French Estates, Part 4
• Are We French Yet? Keith & Val's Adventures in Provence